---
name: "a5booklet"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dvidvi"
version: "1.0-10.2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/a5booklet"
---

# a5booklet(1)

copy two A5 pages from a .dvi file to one A4 page in another.

## NAME

a5booklet - copy two A5 pages from a .dvi file to one A4 page in another.

## SYNOPSIS

**a5booklet** *file***\[.dvi\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**A5booklet** is a little script that allows you to typeset two A5 pages next to eachother on a single A4 page (landscape), combining pages from the original file in such a way that after double sided printing and some reshuffeling of the pages you get a nice a5 booklet that is ready for a staple in the middle.

The script calls a very clever program  **dvidvi**, written by Tomas Rokicki (the author of  **dvips**), that does the real work.

The output is written to two files,  *file***-1.dvi** and *file***-2.dvi**

**dvips -ta4 -tlandscape** *file***-1**

then put the stack upside doen in the printer, and print the second file using

**dvips -ta4 -tlandscape** *file***-2**

Make sure that the bottom of the A5-pages is on the correct side of the paper when you put the stack back for printing the back side. After the two print jobs, you must re-shuffle the paper stack before you can staple it.

## SEE ALSO

[**tex**(1)](/tex/1.md), [**dvips**(1)](/dvips/1.md), [**dvidvi**(1)](/dvidvi/1.md).

## BUGS

The script has A4 papersize hardwired into it.  Admittedly, a European-centered way of thinking.

Page number 1 is always the first page in the original .dvi file, not the page numbered 1 by TeX's numbering scheme.

## AUTHOR

**A5booklet** is written by David A. van Leeuwen (david@ElseWare.cistron.nl), but is is not original in any way.  The main two lines that do the work are inspired from the man page of  **dvidvi**. **A5booklet** is available under the conditions of the Gnu Public Licence.